Conviction and Condemnation

"A new foe -- the Brachiosaur -- joins the fray in this all-new tower event. Best this evil and let loose a rainbow of victory!"

- In-game description

Conviction and Condemnation is a Ranked "battle tower" event offered in June 2019. It's a short path, but you're up against the very powerful Brachiosaur.

Event Details

 * Appearance: June 24 – July 1, 2019
 * Event type: progressive Tower Battle

How to Participate

 * Select "Conviction and Condemnation" from the Act 2 world map -- its own red spot.
 * This event is only accessible after a player clears the Runic Temple in Chapter 1

Story
No story!

There is a suggestion that, with current events in Act 2 Chapter 4: One Small Pebble: Breaking Limits, this is a dragon that has arisen from the depths of Palamecia to enact retribution of some sort, but nothing has been stated.

Gameplay
Play in this area works up a single chain of levels, from the beginning Abyss level up to the top Ragnarok level. As you work your way up the tower, the battles at each level will get progressively harder.

Each area has three battles:
 * 1) The first one is against general fiend fodder.
 * 2) The second one is against Sub-Bosses and Bosses.
 * 3) The third features the Brachiosaur.

Brachiosaur throws a LARGE number of ailments at you!
 * If the Brachiosaur's red break gauge is higher than its HP gauge, it will cast Condemn at you. This will inflict medium-scale damage and removes two of your boons! This includes Enhanced boons! Keep this creature broken or it'll take all of your boons away!
 * When its HP gauge gets low enough, it will cast Rainbow at you. This hits with multiple elements, and throws multiple ailments at you based on which elements you're vulnerable to. You can avoid these by having elemental resistance up for each element, from Element Drive or other abilities:
 * Each ailment the Brachiosaur successfully lands will reduce its . Once this counter hits zero, the Brachiosaur will cast Convergence at you, hitting with 99,999 damage. Almost certainly a one-hit kill!
 * Brachiosaur will change between Fire and Light affinity after recovering from Break.

Event Map
"A dragon from antiquity has reared its head once more, its roar piercing the sky and shattering the heavens. As hope turns into despair, what succor is there for the helpless?"

- World Map description

The region is the standard Tower of Trials -- one path with a staircase up, leading up to the top at the 10th "Ragnarok" level. You cannot return to previous levels once they've been beaten.

After completing the Highest Level: Ragnarok, you enter the "Phantasmic Coil" areas. This is a set of 5 areas that repeat in an infinite loop, also with an increasing difficulty with each area finished. On these levels, there is no fifth Rental Card allowed, and if you lose, you cannot use s to continue. A Prize of x5 is handed out for each loop of 5 completed.

There are 16 total areas, including the Phantasmic Coil and the Starting Area. There are 11 treasure chests. Since the treasure chest in the Phantasmic Coil regenerates on each pass, the region technically cannot be Cleared.

Phantasmic Coil
The five levels after Ragnarok are set in an infinite loop, with a prize on the completion of the fifth area on each loop. Players cannot use s to continue the battle if they lose, and the fifth "rental" card is not available.

The skirmishes here have a pre-set collection of fiends, but after the 35th kill they will change to other fiends, and again after the 85th kill. The third skirmish always remains as described.

Ranking Rewards
Anyone who completes all of the normal levels should make it within the top 30,000 players, though it may still require a run or two through the Phantasmic Coil to breach the top 10,000.

The top 2,000 players will get s as a reward. These are used to open special high-end rewards in the Rift.

Notable Enemies

 * Brachiosaur
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